RPC VI, 5704 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5704 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Apamea
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Publius Aelius Tryphon (asiarch, of equestrian rank)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΠΟ ΑΙΛ ΤΡΥΦΩ ΑϹΙΑΡΧΟΥ Α(?) ΙΠΠΙΚΟΥ ΑΠΑMΕΩΝ
Reverse design lion advancing, right; above, cista; to right, long thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ M&M GmbH 16, 19 May 2005, lot 462 = Gorny & Mosch 265, 14 Oct. 2019, lot 1016